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Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 20, 30 November 1934, Page 45

ENTODL" (Otorohanga) : Your queries haye been answered by post. od R.L, (Shannon): I have built.up the * "Might ‘Star Five" as described in the August, 1933, "Radio Times," and it is giving good results. I am, thinking of building a short-wave converter to use with it. What type would be suitable? A.: You could build either the "Viking Short-waver" described in the November, 1933, "Radio Times," or the "Lekmek Short-wave Converter," described in the July, 1934, "Radio Times." E. D.S. (Timaru): What would be the best way to convert my nine-valve set to work on short-wave? A,: See the reply to J.R.L. above, 2. Would the results be as good as from an all-wave model? A.: Yes, they should be. LL-ENGLISH" (Hamilton) : I have a six-valve superhet, the tuning dial of which is graduated in metres from 200 to 550. When I first purchased the set the tuning was correct. Now 2YA comes in at 540 metres instead of 526, and the dialing appears to be getting pregressively worse. A.: The strongest possibility is that the dial is not securely locked to the shait of the condenser gang, and is gradually slipping. THOS" (Hikurangi) : I live about 80 miles distant from 1YA. When the power ‘of this station is increased to 10 k.w., will I be able to receive it on a crystal set? A.: Providing you have an_ efficient aerial and earth system, this should be quite possible. The aerial should be as high and as leng as possible, while the earth should be short, direct, and of heavy gauge wire, soldered to a pipe or other metal object buried well down in permanently moist soil. °